Happy Birthday Shaedon!

Two weekends ago, Nathan was invited to the birthday party of one of his friends from school, Shaedon. He was SOOOOOO excited to go because it was at the Indoor Safari Park. There's a smaller version of this place right by us that Nathan has been to, but this one was HUGE! Several of Nathan's friends from school were there so he was having so much fun. They rode a train, mechanical animals, and Nathan's favorite thing was the indoor play area that had a trampoline, a slide with a pit of balls at the end, and a climbing wall. That's where he got hurt :(

Nathan and his friends were running around like crazy, doing as many things as they could do, and having the best time. He was already sweaty after 20 minutes! Nathan kept climbing these big steps to go down the slide and play in the balls. He LOVED this section, and he and two of his friends kept racing to see who could get up to the top first. They did this over and over. And then it was like Nathan just lost his mind with having so much fun...he climbed up these steps but instead of going down the slide, he turned and said, "To Infinity and Beyond!!!" and jumped off the top onto the floor pretending to be Buzz Lightyear...well the floor was not soft and cushiony like he thought it was going to be. He landed on his right foot and immediately started screaming and crying. At first I was scared he broke it and didn't know quite what to do. A few of the moms there said that if it were broken, it would immediately swell. It ended up not swelling too bad, but Nathan couldn't walk on it. We stayed a little longer and then went home for Daddy to look at it.

We decided to give it a few days (until Tuesday when I took Charlotte to the dr. for her checkup) to see if it would get better on its own, and we just tried to keep Nathan on the couch and not put a lot of weight on it. Nathan was so funny. He'd say, "Ok Mommy, I'm going to try to walk on it." Then he'd limp around and say, "It's better! All I need is some wings from the toy store so I can fly!"

As of now, he can walk and run without limping, but it hurts when you push on his foot. His doctor said to call him this week if it's not better so we might have to go get an x-ray. I just hope he learned that he CAN'T fly!